This crossword No. 619 clues and answers were published on Sun 29 Jul 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 619 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pretend : PUTONANACT
7-across – Quack medicine : NOSTRUM
8-across – Pre-Conquest inhabitant of Central America : MAYAN
10-across – Exigency : NEED
11-across – Porch : DOORSTEP
13-across – Italian gentleman : SIGNOR
15-across – Misappropriated : STOLEN
17-across – Protective item of footwear : OVERSHOE
18-across – Stigma : BLOT
21-across – Volley : SALVO
22-across – Hermit : ASCETIC
23-across – By cutting a corner : ONTHECHEAP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Old-fashioned : PASSE
2-down – Change one’s mind : TURN
3-down – One of Elgar’s Enigma Variations : NIMROD
4-down – Able to count, work with figures : NUMERATE
5-down – Quartz, for example : CRYSTAL
6-down – Alert : ONONESTOES
9-down – Level in a race, competition or comparison : NIPANDTUCK
12-down – In truth : FORSOOTH
14-down – Technical bug : GREMLIN
16-down – Law of the Jews from Mt Sinai : MOSAIC
19-down – Abatement : LETUP
20-down – Adolescent skin disease : ACNE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.